About me

Are you finding your life dissatisfying or are you experiencing feelings of anxiety, sadness, anger or stress?

Do you find you are repeating experiences and situations that are not satisfying for you?

Are you having relationship issues?

I believe that we can create the life we would like, and therapy can help us to form what we'd like for ourselves.

I am Abi, and I work with people in a confidential one to one setting, to build a trusting relationship. I will listen and empathise so we can develop what you would like for yourself and your wider relationships, so you can take charge over your experience.

I started my own therapeutic journey in my 20's because I was sad, angry and frustrated and wasn't sure how to change my experience, I have been working as a therapist for the last seven years. I've worked in the film and media industry for 20+ years and more recently I have worked as senior consultant in the dating industry and as a date coach. I enjoy working with creativity, intelligence and purpose. I am also a working mother, and have worked with both men and women on the challenges that separations, work/life balance and parenthood can bring us.

I bring my warmth, integrity and understanding to the work, with a commitment to holding a safe and boundaried space for you. If you have any questions about how I could work with you then please call or email me to arrange an initial, exploratory session.

Sessions are for 50 minutes.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a fully-qualified humanistic psychotherapist, trained at City University and at Spectrum, a Centre for Humanistic Psychotherapy. I worked at the Daubeney Children’s Centre and City and Hackney Mind as a volunteer therapist from 2011 to December 2014. I am a member of the BACP and abide by its Ethical Framework. http://www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework/

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I have worked at the Daubeney Children's Centre, in addition to working at Mind with men and women, so have experience when working with mothers and their children, relationship issues with partners, breakups, violence, depression, rape, abuse, stress, anxiety, fear and a feeling of being stuck or lacking choice in our lives.

I have also worked in a challenging job within the media for over 20 years, and have experience of dealing with work stress, career management, transition and change.

Therapies offered

Fees

We will have an initial meeting to discuss what you’d like to work on and any questions you may have about the process and then we can discuss how you’d like to move forward

I charge £60 a session, and each session runs for 50 minutes.

Further information

I am in ongoing therapy and supervision as we all experience difficulties and pain throughout our lives as part of our human experience. This can sometimes leave us feeling isolated, sad and stuck and we learn to judge ourselves. However, I have a strong belief that everyone deserves to live a fulfilling life, to be treated with respect and to experience love.